德州洛伯小学枪击案罹难者家属在事件正好满2周年的今天,控告枪支制造商、电玩游戏商、微软及社群平台Instagram母公司Meta,指控他们向本案枪手这样心理易受影响的青少年行销武器。
综合法新社和路透社报导,2022年5月24日,一名18岁青少年持一把丹尼尔防务公司(Daniel
Defense)制造的AR-15型步枪,闯入位于尤瓦尔迪市(Uvalde)的洛伯小学(Robb Elementary
School)行凶,杀死了19名学童和2名教师,是10年来美国最血腥校园枪击案。
代表数个罹难者家庭的律师事务所今天分别向尤瓦尔迪郡联邦地区法院及洛杉矶高等法院提出2起过失致死诉讼,指控丹尼尔防务利用Instagram及动视暴雪(Activision
Blizzard)开发的游戏“决胜时刻”(Call of Duty)向青少年行销他们的突击步枪。
他们还指控Instagram母公司Meta及动视暴雪母公司微软(Microsoft)疏于监督及未顾及后果,而促进上述行销策略。
根据诉状,本案凶手有玩“决胜时刻”,而游戏当中主打武器便包括丹尼尔防务的一款突击步枪;且凶手沉迷于造访Instagram,而丹尼尔防务也经常在这个社群媒体平台打广告。原告律师寇斯可夫(Josh
Koskoff)指控被告公司向“心理不稳定的青少年男孩”行销犯案枪支。
寇斯可夫在声明中强调,这些企业的行为与这起枪击案有直接关连,因为凶手一满18岁就购买行凶武器,而这是在德州可购买步枪等长枪的法定年龄,意味“早在他达到年龄能买(行凶武器)之前,他就在网络上被Instagram、动视暴雪和丹尼尔防务(的行销)锁定和熏陶”。
Meta、微软和丹尼尔防务皆尚未回应法新社或路透社的置评请求。动视暴雪则对法新社发表声明说,洛伯小学枪击案“完完全全令人发指与心痛”,他们也对遇害者家属表达同情之意,但“世界各地有数以百万计人口享受电玩游戏,却没有演变为做出可怕行为”。
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